Eights are among the Rejection Dominant Affect Group, using their powerful presence to move against the nurturing they need (and are frequently incapable of offering themselves in constructive or healthy ways) as a way of preemptively forcing rejection or, conversely, building trust. Those dominant in type Eight need to learn to consent to stillness by deliberate choice, not through passive acquiescence or compliant submissiveness. Offering themselves to stillness may be frustrating at first. Their inability to be still or merely stop to be present may confront their compulsive desire to
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